Meet The World’s Youngest Documented Mother In Medical History Who Gave Birth At 5

This is the unbelievable story of the youngest confirmed mother in medical history who gave birth to a baby at the age of 5.

Lina Medina was born in 1933, in Ticrapo, Peru. When she was 5-year-old, her parents noticed an abdominal extreme growth in her body, so they took her to hospital for a check up. Her parents initially thought she was suffering from a massive abdominal tumor, but after being examined by doctors in Pisco, Peru, they got the most unbelievable report.

Their daughter was 7-months pregnant. One of the doctors at the hospital, Geraldo Lozada became Lina’s attending doctor, fully taking over the case, RareHistoricalPhotos reports.

Still not sure of the medical report, he took Lina to a more advanced hospital in Lima to confirm the pregnancy diagnosis. The diagnosis was confirmed.

Lina was born with a rare condition called “precocious puberty”, which is basically the early onset of sexual development. Most girls begin experiencing puberty around the age of ten (boys usually start a little later, around the ages of 11 or 12).

Lina had experienced her first menstrual cycle at the age of two and a half or three. She had fully developed breasts by the age of four. Within five years, her body displayed pelvic widening and advanced bone maturation.

Lina Medina officially became the youngest confirmed mother in medical history at the age of five, seven months and 21 days. A month and a half after the original diagnosis, Medina, gave birth to a boy by a Caesarean section on May 14, 1939, necessitated by her small pelvis.

The child, weighing 2,700 grams (6 pounds), was well-formed, in good health and was named Gerardo after the doctor who delivered him. Child and mother were able to leave the clinic after only a few days.

As might be expected, sexual abuse was immediately considered. The father of Lina was arrested on suspicion of rape and incest. He was released due to lack of evidence. Lina Medina never revealed who the real father of her child is, or the circumstances surrounding its impregnation.

 

However, according to a 1955 article reviewing the case:“some have pointed out, there were frequent festivities celebrated by the Indians in the Andean villages like the one where Lina was born. These often ended in orgies where rape was not uncommon”.

Throughout the years, many people have called her story a complete hoax. Meanwhile, a number of doctors over the years have verified it based on biopsies, X rays of the fetal skeleton in utero, and photographs taken by the doctors caring for her.

Lina’s baby boy was raised believing that she was his sister, but later found out at the age of 10 that she was his biological mother. He led a healthy life until 1979, when he died from bone marrow disease at the age of 40.

In young adulthood, Medina worked as a secretary in the Lima clinic of Dr. Lozada, who gave her an education and helped put her son through high school.

She later got married to Raúl Jurado and in 1972 had another child, a boy, 33 years after her first.

According to reports, Lina Medina is alive till today, but refuses to grant interviews.